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Does Alwgrip get a shade darker after it dries? johnm5858 at 2:31pm 05.21.16 Ask All Sailors 0/340 I did the nonskid with Cloud Wjite Alwgrip - it appears to have a hint of grey 3 days after compared
BBQ Gas Grill Repair gettinthere at 12:40pm 05.21.16 Ask All Sailors 3/698 I have a 2008 Kuuma bbq gas grill. Burner tube is rusting and the regulator is acting up. Kuuma was
Life at 23 feet Bad Obsession at 10:58am 05.21.16 Ask All Sailors 64/6747 I am out on a cruise. It has been one to remember with bouts of nasty weather and some rough weather
Anchor light wiring Jacomo Sailor at 9:54am 05.21.16 Catalina 22 8/951 OK, so I just added an anchor light to my C22 and ran new wiring through the mast. I have an 84 and
Danforth Anchor Question Ward H at 9:21am 05.21.16 Ask All Sailors 19/5657 My O'Day 25, which has a displacement of something like 4,800 lbs, came to me with a Danforth 8S anc
LED bulb size? Justin_NSA at 7:09am 05.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/691 I would like to replace my 5 reading lamps and 3 dome lamps with LED. All 8 have the same bulb but I
Whadda ya know, a MkII for sale Gene Neill at 5:26am 05.21.16 Catalina 22 0/450 http://www.ebay.com/itm/282043607807?forcerRptr=true'item=282043607807'viewitem= Somebody go get it
Lack of Shine All U Get at 4:27am 05.21.16 Ask All Sailors 7/566 Hi all, I have taken notice of all the boats in the Northeast that have nice shiny hulls. We made
ANOTHER FORWARD HATCH QUESTION StanleyJ at 3:49am 05.21.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/648 How much trouble am I getting into if I replace my forward polycarbonate Forespar hatch with a 16 7/
New windlass Hunter 356 Bob 04 H260 at 2:41am 05.21.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/892 I would like to replace the original windlass on our Hunter 356. The original seems to be leaking so
Any recommendations for fishfinders for depth? snoopy_ at 8:43pm 05.20.16 Trailer Sailors 8/1157 Hello, I am looking for recommendations for a fishfinder to use for depth analysis and alerts.
Yanmar Gear Oil jmkinsfbay at 7:59pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 27/24934 Having spent hours trying to find out the real skinny on gearbox oil, I found an online Yanmar manua
Cutting Kiwi Feathering Prop Ken13559 at 5:13pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 13/1329 Has anyone tried cutting/trimming the blades of KiwiProp to shorten it? I've damaged all 3 ends of t
What the devil is this?? (1) chrisings at 5:10pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 7/672 So, this is a, big, beautiful sailboat in our marina. It's on the hard and has this little, bitty sa
splashdown on monday fred1diver at 5:09pm 05.20.16 Trailer Sailors 3/622 I'm finally going to be able to get the boat in the water on monday, my welder just finished modifyi
Ball joint on the steering lever loose (1) marginal at 4:03pm 05.20.16 Big Boats 23/3632 Hello to all, I have Hunter 386 2002. Under the pedestal, there is a bar that connects the rudder
Mac 25 windlass (2) Claude at 3:50pm 05.20.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/638 123686 123687 123686 123687 well i wanted to do this for three years now and here it is. 123686
Favorite sailing pic! (1) T_Cat at 12:53pm 05.20.16 Destinations 213/28146 Just for fun. Post a pic of a trip you took sailing. Location and date included. Golden Gate Bridge
HANDY CAT 14 HELP!!!!!!!! surfer007 at 12:22pm 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 0/264 Anyone ever replace the line that passes through the trunk to the rudder on a Handy Cat 14ft......li
Backing plates for through hulls jmkinsfbay at 11:38am 05.20.16 Ask All Sailors 18/6837 Various sites show wood, fiberglass, etc., for backing plates. Has anybody used, say, Corian or HDPV

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Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Hayden Watson at 8:27am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the old
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 8:21am 12.31.23 Your plan sounds solid. Stick to it. Boat and title for any money. I would suspect they do not have
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:18am 12.31.23 There is precious little info out there about plumbing porta potties. Very few are plumbed at all, a
Worst holding tank install ever Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:50am 12.31.23 I strongly suspect the "holding tank" was just for "show" and was never used, cuz there's no sign of
Wood species dlochner at 7:46am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat? Both. That's my story. :)
Wood species dmax at 7:43am 12.31.23 "The ones that are damaged I can try to fill with epoxy thickened with wood flour. " As an alternat
roller furling replacement Kings Gambit at 7:41am 12.31.23 Have any Hunter 46.6 owners replaced the Selden Furlex Jib System? I have significant problems wit
Wood species john6206 at 7:35am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat?
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Terry Cox at 7:07am 12.31.23 Not sure how to recharge them. Have you done this before? I didn't know they were rechargable. Goo
Hunter Legend 35.5 Spinnaker? kappykaplan at 6:19am 12.31.23 Try Bacon Sails: Sail search page
Wood species dlochner at 6:16am 12.31.23
Worst holding tank install ever JBP-PA at 6:10am 12.31.23 One would assume the green is overboard discharge. Perhaps the owner wanted to sail somewhere holdin
Wood species john6206 at 6:08am 12.31.23
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? dlochner at 5:56am 12.31.23 This spot on river is only place in Midwest where usually boats can be left in thru cold winter T
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? Davenport at 5:44am 12.31.23 This Red Wing spot on river w warming from power planet is only place in MN where usually boats can
Wood species sailme88 at 4:26am 12.31.23 Why not reach out to Warren Pandy at Catalina (727) 544-6681. Quite possible they either have blank
Wood species shemandr at 7:54pm 12.30.23 If you hang around some wooden boat building sites, you'll see a bewildering assortment of woods whi
Wood species dlochner at 7:00pm 12.30.23 Looks like teak to me. Matching teak can be difficult because there are many varieties. As much as p
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 dlochner at 6:55pm 12.30.23 I have mine plumbed through a macerator and then to a through hull for overboard discharge when 3 m
Wood species jssailem at 6:43pm 12.30.23 Teak is always a go to wood for its resistance to water damage. There is no magic wood. You can use

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